Animated Mousehole
In the City Living expansion pack you can find mouseholes on the walls sometimes. My idea was to make it able to have those in the Base game too, but then without the interactions.
As making Expansion Pack content Base game compatible isn't allowed, I made my own mousehole wall decal using a base game wall decal as a base and placing my own mousehole textures on it.
Compared to the City Living mouseholes, my mouseholes don't have interactions and are just for deco. They DO spawn a mouse/rat every few seconds and this will repeat itself for an infinite time.
An example of the animation can be found in the video at the top of this page. It will also show some tips on how to use this mousehole outside of the house.

When downloading the mouseholes, you're also getting the Unlocked Mouse trap, which came from the City Living Expansion Pack. There for you need to have that expansion pack if you want to have the mouse trap in your game too.
If you don't have it, the mouse trap simply won't appear in your game.

Object information:
Base game Compatible (City Living Required for the Mouse trap)
These are standalone objects, so they won't overwrite any other objects in game.
You can find the mousehole wall decal in Buy mode > Decoration > Painting/Decals OR type Mouse into the search bar.
You can find the mouse trap in Buy mode > Decoration > Misc OR type Mouse into the search bar.
They can be recognized by my "BG logo" icon in the lower right corner of the thumbnail.
The costs for the mousehole wall decal is: 15 Simoleons
The costs for the mouse trap is : 4 Simoleons

Game Requirements:
Mousehole: Base Game Compatible
Mouse trap: City Living Required

I tried to put it behind the refrigerator in my starter home so that the mouse would scurry out from under it while people were working in the area. With the "moveobjects on" cheat, it worked, and it looks really kool. However, it blocks them from actually using the fridge. Is there a workaround you could tweak for this mod to make it be able to sit behind appliances without blocking their use?

I tried to put it behind the refrigerator in my starter home so that the mouse would scurry out from under it while people were working in the area. With the "moveobjects on" cheat, it worked, and it looks really kool. However, it blocks them from actually using the fridge. Is there a workaround you could tweak for this mod to make it be able to sit behind appliances without blocking their use?

Hi Astor,
Great to hear you love this mod! About the question, I do think that's possible, but I need to experiment with that. I will place this somewhere at the top of my to-do -list, so I will take a look at it a bit faster.
I think I will replace the object itself too as a mousehole texture is then no longer needed. I will keep you updated about it.

EDIT
I couldn't help myself and already started looking at it and I can already tell you I succeeded.
It will be released soon! Thanks for the idea, I will give you some credit for it when uploaded.

Hi Astor,
Great to hear you love this mod! About the question, I do think that's possible, but I need to experiment with that. I will place this somewhere at the top of my to-do -list, so I will take a look at it a bit faster.
I think I will replace the object itself too as a mousehole texture is then no longer needed. I will keep you updated about it.

EDIT
I couldn't help myself and already started looking at it and I can already tell you I succeeded.
It will be released soon! Thanks for the idea, I will give you some credit for it when uploaded.

Hi! I just downloaded this, but the animations aren't showing up for me. Is there anything that could be conflicting with this mod that I should look out for? Thank you!!

Not that I know of, is your game fully up-to-date? Sometimes an effect will not be shown if you haven't got the expansion pack it originally came from, in this case City Living, but as far as I know the effect also worked before I had that EP...

Not that I know of, is your game fully up-to-date? Sometimes an effect will not be shown if you haven't got the expansion pack it originally came from, in this case City Living, but as far as I know the effect also worked before I had that EP...

You're welcome

My game is up to date and I have all the expansion packs. I have other animations from you that work, its just the mouse hole I can place the mouse hole and trap just fine, but the mice don't come out. I appreciate you replying to my message, thank you so much!!

My game is up to date and I have all the expansion packs. I have other animations from you that work, its just the mouse hole I can place the mouse hole and trap just fine, but the mice don't come out. I appreciate you replying to my message, thank you so much!!

I've noticed that sometimes there is quite a long delay between appearances. It's usually every few seconds or so, but sometimes it's much, much longer. Don't know why, it's just a random thing.

My game is up to date and I have all the expansion packs. I have other animations from you that work, its just the mouse hole I can place the mouse hole and trap just fine, but the mice don't come out. I appreciate you replying to my message, thank you so much!!

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Originally Posted by Astor1977

I've noticed that sometimes there is quite a long delay between appearances. It's usually every few seconds or so, but sometimes it's much, much longer. Don't know why, it's just a random thing.

That's indeed the only thing that I can think of that might be the "problem". If you place multiple mouse holes next to each other, you might also notice that even though they're placed at the same time, the mice will come out randomly.

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I have also made some other CC like Animated Objects/Walls/Floors, Invisible Dance Floors, Transparent Floor Windows, Pool Water Recolors, Backdrop & Trolley Replacements, (Dynamic Light) Clothing, Facemasks, Wallpapers, Floors, Stickers, Paintings, Unlocked Item Packs and other recolored objects. To see and or download them, please take a look at my profile page: http://modthesims.info/member.php?u=3751119